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Spangler, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Searles Valley census division. The Survey maps it on the Spangler Hills East quadrangle.

Spangler within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1915 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Spangler, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Spangler, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

4 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Spangler between 1992 and 2005, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 June 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictFALLROAD
8 May 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictRAILROAD
23 May 1992Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictCANYON
10 May 1997Natural1.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictMORENO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Spangler: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
SpanglerGoldProspect
Spangler MineGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spangler in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2013Flash FloodSpangler$2,000Mud and debris washed over Highway 178 between Randsburg Wash Road and Trona Road.
July 2011Flash FloodSpangler$2,000Water and mud covered Trona Road near Searles Station Road.
April 2019Tornado (EF0)Spangler$1,000A landspout tornado entered San Bernardino County from Kern County and tracked roughly a half mile northeast before dissipating in open desert. One truck was damaged, and one window was broken out of a home.
February 2014Flash FloodSpangler$1,000Flash flooding covered Randsburg Wash Road just east of Trona Road.

Every storm recorded in San Bernardino County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Skytop10.8 miles23
Westend11.3 miles23
South Trona11.9 miles23
Borosolvay13.1 miles23
Argus14.0 miles23
Searles Valley15.3 miles24
Trona15.3 miles24
Red Mountain15.8 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252985. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.